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Mars showcase

Published on Oct 28, 2013

From the highest volcano to the deepest canyon, from impact craters to ancient river beds and lava flows, this showcase of images from ESA's Mars Express takes you on an unforgettable journey across the Red Planet.

Mars Express was launched on 2 June 2003 and arrived at Mars six-and-a-half months later. It has since orbited the planet nearly 12 500 times, providing scientists with unprecedented images and data collected by its suite of scientific instruments.

The data have been used to create an almost global digital topographic model of the surface, providing a unique visualisation and enabling researchers to acquire new and surprising information about the evolution of the Red Planet.

The images in this movie were taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera and the video was released by the DLR German Aerospace Center as part of the ten years of Mars Express celebrations in June 2013. The music has been created by Stephan Elgner of DLR's Mars Express planetary cartography team. DLR developed and is operating the stereo camera.

NASA says that the first people who will visit Mars are already walking around here on Earth! What's it going to take to get humans to the red planet (and back) within a generation? From NASA missions to crowdsourcing colonies, we look at the challenges and rewards of visiting our neighbor planet.

Within hours of arrival on Mars, NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) and India's Mangalyaan (Mars Orbiter Mission) snapped and sent back pictures of the red planet, helping us to begin to understand the atmosphere and what caused the dramatic change in it. Interestingly, India's MOM orbiter was successfully sent for a mere fraction of MAVEN's cost, and could have interesting implications for the nation. Kim Horcher discusses with special guest Christina Ochoa (Science educator, actress- Matador) discuss!

NASA is setting its eyes on the exploration of Mars, an over two year-long journey that will make history. Today's children will be the first explorers of our neighboring planet with help from Boeing. The current development of Boeing's advanced module technology will make possible a safe excursion for astronauts to Mars to discover ground humans have yet to see. Learn more about the path to Mars at buildsomethingbetter.com.

2015 marks 50 years of successful NASA missions to Mars starting with Mariner 4 in 1965. Since then, a total of 15 robotic missions led by various NASA centers have laid the groundwork for future human missions to the Red Planet. The journey to Mars continues with additional robotic missions planned for 2016 and 2020, and human missions in the 2030s.

A manned mission to Mars will happen some day, but can the first Martians survive each other? 6 NASA recruits-- 3 men and 3 women-- are in isolation in a Mars-like environment to help us understand how and if this will work.